The Sixers Are Bringing Over Furkan Korkmaz, And A History Of The Name Furkan

You might have heard a bunch of fireworks and celebrations last night, so you probably already know the good news; Furkan Korkmaz is a 76er. Last years first-round pick will come over this year to add some end-of-bench depth, some shooting, and a little explosiveness. Markelle Fultz already proved he has some hops, and it looks like Korkmaz might be an akin skywalker.

If it’ll get Robbie Fox into basketball, then it’s cool with me.

Much, much, much more importantly, however, he’s the second Sixer in recent memory to be named “Furkan.” And while the redundancy isn’t quite as wild as there being two unrelated NBA players named Bogdon Bogdonovic and Bojan Bogdonovic, it is a delightful name all the same.

But just how delightful is the name? I guess I had no idea until I did a little sleuthing.

My first stop was urban dictionary. If Furkan is going to last in the NBA, he’s going to need to understand the slang, the trash talk. Well, it turns out that (in urban communities at least) Furkan means “someone who is simply amazing, takes your breath away, leaves you with a smile on your face. The boy of your dreams.”

Jesus Christ Urban Dictionary! I was expecting to find out that the Furkan was some kind of dirty sex act that involved pipe cleaners, some day-old-bread and a soaked bathmat, but here I am finding out that Furkan is a slang term for a sexytallhandsome boy. Who knew?

And would ya believe it that Furkan Korkmaz and Furkan Adlemir are the first two Furkans in NBA history? Because that’s exactly what Basketball Reference told me.

There’s never been so much as one Furkan in NBA history and the Sixers have scored two of them in the last three years?? Talk about luck! #TrustTheProcess

Just how rare of a name are we talking? Internet juggernaut namelist.org listed exactly zero famous Furkans.

FamousBirthday.com listed three Furkans–Furkan Andic, Furkan Yaman and Furkan Palali– presenting a parade of last names each more glorious than the last. But get this. NONE OF THEM WERE EVEN FAMOUS ENOUGH TO HAVE PICTURES.

The one picture Barstool’s P.I. firm could find was of Furkan Palali and the results are encouraging.

Furkan Palali is indeed #sexy, #tall, #handsome and #smart, which proves the Urban Dictionary reports to be indeed factual.

And look at our Furkan. Sexytallhandsome indeed.

Eyebrows thicker than some cold peanut butter. Hair thicker than some German guard dogs. The thousand yard stare of a tortured soul, aka a sextyallhandsome boy with some demons.

Folks we might have the most famous Furkan in the world’s history on our hands, and I, for one, am way more excited about that than I would be about signing some ordinarily-named scrub like Gordon Hayward.

Now if you don’t mind, I’d like to celebrate with my city.